Icarium
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Carter crashing accidentally on purpose into Thompson was the turning point of the game, after that the Knights goalie looked beatable. Hornqvist would have been proud.
Carter crashing accidentally on purpose into Thompson was the turning point of the game, after that the Knights goalie looked beatable. Hornqvist would have been proud.
Yes although we were absolutely gifted that call as an even-up. 100% goalie interference only.
Times are tough. Not trying to get political. I'm not going this year (3.5 hr drive) due to my financials. Tickets, hotel, parking, food, gas.Im not from Pittsburgh, but watching the games on tv, the building seems half empty on most nights. Can ticket holders chime in?
People don't think inflation, gas prices, and disposable income be like it is, but it do.Times are tough. Not trying to get political. I'm not going this year (3.5 hr drive) due to my financials. Tickets, hotel, parking, food, gas.
Im not from Pittsburgh, but watching the games on tv, the building seems half empty on most nights. Can ticket holders chime in?
To be fair, he was quite good for us in 2020. He put up 30pt in 40GP. That's a 60pt pace and it gave credence to the idea that he could be more than a 3RW. Last season, yeah he stunk it up.Kapanen has been useless for 2 seasons. Gets (deservedly) benched. Plays a game and scores a goal. Now its Sullivan’s fault that he’s been so bad because he’s not been given chances to play. So yes! Let’s forget that this player has been useless for 2 seasons because he scored his first goal in 14 games.
Never change HF, never change!
Yeah Carter is doing as well as you can reasonable hope for him in the role he's being used. They've done a really good job at limiting his ice time, he's down from 17:40 TOI/game last year to 15:00 TOI/game this year, and his overall results are solid. If he keeps winning 60% of his faceoffs while producing decently and eating heavy defensive minutes, which allows Crosby and Malkin to get more prime offensive opportunities, I won't have any complaints with him.
No one is talking abouth benching JC. I think he can still bring net positive if put in the right role. Centering third line ain't that. In that role he is killing production of McGinn and Kappy and whoever is on that third line (last game nothwithstanding). Being defensive shutdown this line is leaking chances but getting by with a good dose of luck, but also killing momentum whatever other lines do before or after. That is sort of unmeasurable stat, but its so obvious. Similarly last year, GCR was leaking chances like crazy but riding crazy PDO so no one cared, this year it caught up with them, hence Rust finally get kicked off of that line....Yep. Carter stinks in the role he’s playing, but he’s holding his head above water.
I thought they are already using data, just read this morning about how goalie screening drop down significantly from last year. They are Not sure why. Maybe because Jake does not want to get beat up anymore? Put Zucker there and all good. Rakell on the left wall and we are rollingHow NHL teams have optimized power-plays to generate more goal scoring
According to the numbers, teams around the NHL are having more success on the power-play in recent years, but what can that be attributed to? Here are a few factors that may be playing a part in that PP trend.www.sportsnet.ca
lol…someone should send his article to the Penguins…
No one is talking abouth benching JC. I think he can still bring net positive if put in the right role. Centering third line ain't that. In that role he is killing production of McGinn and Kappy and whoever is on that third line (last game nothwithstanding). Being defensive shutdown this line is leaking chances but getting by with a good dose of luck, but also killing momentum whatever other lines do before or after. That is sort of unmeasurable stat, but its so obvious. Similarly last year, GCR was leaking chances like crazy but riding crazy PDO so no one cared, this year it caught up with them, hence Rust finally get kicked off of that line....
I thought they are already using data, just read this morning about how goalie screening drop down significantly from last year. They are Not sure why. Maybe because Jake does not want to get beat up anymore? Put Zucker there and all good. Rakell on the left wall and we are rolling
I think it's hilarious that I stated that Sid should be removed from the right circle on the PP. Low and behold, Jake moves over there and we get a goal. Granted it was 4 on 3 but there's something to be taken from there.
Sid is not a threat in that circle anymore. Move him to the point (Malkin's spot)
This is why Uncle Gary will make the lottery only for teams who get bounced in the first round this year so we get Bedard.Hate to say this, but I don't know how sustainable hockey in Pittsburgh in downtimes. It's easy to sell tickets ith a winning ream. You guys are a fickle bunch .
The old owners and Mario cashed out, so they are done. Unless Crosby decides to buy the team after retiring, etc etc etc.
Who knows...
Going to enjoy today and worry about tomorrow later .
It never left, but it was very limited when they were actually selling out.Its already back, thats how I as a season non-ticket holder am cheating my way into the arena, going with my kids that are at Pitt.
I dunno he's been relatively good.
The PP issues are (and always have been) putting the puck on/around the boards too much. When you throw the puck around the boards, the PK gives you a big, "thank you".I don't see the alternatives at this point. I guess we could try POJ on PP1, but while Petry isn't historically a great powerplay guy he isn't the issue. You've got Rust who sucks this year and then GCMalk who are out of answers especially on entries.
The PP issues are (and always have been) putting the puck on/around the boards too much. When you throw the puck around the boards, the PK gives you a big, "thank you".
Most clearances against start with a bad possession, a rim around, then a 50/50 board battle with a tough retrieval.
Yeah or faceoffs. I'd like to know our PP1 in-zone draw %. Feel like it's pretty poor.Most clearances against start with a bad possession, a rim around, then a 50/50 board battle with a tough retrieval.
5 points at this stage is enormous. More so when you extrapolate over the season. Make it 3 instead and it becomes +10 points difference at the ond of the season.What would you guys say is a good PP rank for this season, given our roster? I'd say 10th place...? Let's go with that...
We've scored 13 PPGs. The Leafs have scored 19 (10th).
So how many of those 6 missing goals would have actually led to a better record? Think it's fair to say half would be lost to needless insurance goals or goals that wouldn't prevent a regulation loss anyway.
3 goals left. 2 wins and an OT loss let's say, with how garb we are in OT?
5 points in the standings lost because of a poor PP.
Agreed? Fair number, roughly?
Also worth noting we've somehow only given up 2 shorties, which is like mid-pack in the league. 11 teams have given up between 3 and 5. So we're not actually paying the price too bad for poor puck management, from an opposition goal perspective. So much luck involved there.
Yeah or faceoffs. I'd like to know our PP1 in-zone draw %. Feel like it's pretty poor.
I 100% agree it's huge. Was just trying to quantify it.5 points at this stage is enormous. More so when you extrapolate over the season. Make it 3 instead and it becomes +10 points difference at the ond of the season.
That’s the difference for making it in or not for all but a few teams, usually.
Moreover, we are one of the teams that should have the PP as a relative strength given personnel. Not like we differentiate ourselves with Vezina goal tending, toughness etc. Another wrinkle is that if we cannot convert when it matters, it gives opponents more freedom to play tougher on us.
Geno's faceoffs have fallen off hard in general. That's probably the reason.What happened to Geno taking the faceoffs at the start of the year?
It was a neat new thing then it stopped and Sid isn't winning enough - because we are so bad at entries that if we don't win the initial faceoff it's 50/50 whether PP1 will ever set up and not hemorrhage chances against.
Not saying Geno would be better at Sid per-se, but it was a cool/shocking wrinkle in October and now it's gone poof.
Put frigging Carter out there for the initial faceoff if you must. Change him on the fly or after the first zone exit.
It only happened because it was 4-on-3. No chance they scored 5-on-4.I 100% agree it's huge. Was just trying to quantify it.
Our 5v5 play has really had to step up to to cover for it to the extent it has.
That's true with the opposition pressure thing. We were pretty fortunate to get that one PPG yesterday. Felt like that was played super poorly by the Vegas player nearest Jake. It was a slow developing play and he wasn't ready at all.